devastate

Definition

Examples

The flood threatened to devastate the farms along the river.

Word Family

Synonyms

• ravage(usually plural) a destructive action
• demolishdestroy completely

Collocations

• Easy flood devastates the village
  to flood devastates the village, meaning to fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
• Medium devastate local businesses with closures
  to devastate local businesses with closures, meaning to cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• Hard devastate consumer confidence for quarters
  to devastate consumer confidence for quarters, meaning to cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• Very Hard devastate the fragile local ecosystem irreparably
  to devastate the fragile local ecosystem irreparably, meaning to cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly